Quotes About Self-discovery

Be Yourself "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." —RALPH WALDO EMERSON But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison with his neighbor. —Galatians 6:4 For

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Oh, yes, we all want to help others reach their full potential, especially our children and grandchildren. But the bottom line is that none of us can do that for someone else, and no one else can do it for us. We must each do it for ourselves. We must each discover our own God-given gifts and talents, what we are truly capable of, and then put ourselves to the task of developing those gifts, talents and capabilities to their fullest extent.

At one time I was shame-based, but I did not know I was ashamed of myself. I was seeing the results of shame in my life, but was unsuccessfully trying to deal with the fruit of it rather than the root.

We're all different. You can't be somebody else, so you might as well get good at being who you are.

Many people will never succeed at being themselves because they cannot even get into agreement with God.

Înva?? tot ce poÈ›i despre tine îns??i È™i asta te va ajuta s? devii cine eÈ™ti cu adev?rat.

The problem comes when we try to take the gift God has given us and use it to do what someone else is doing instead of developing our own potential.

Vivian Gornick's memoir Fierce Attachments

Gore Vidal in his memoir Palimpsest.

We must be undone in order to do ourselves: we must be part of a larger social fabric of existence in order to create who we are.

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

Grow up! Lauren felt as if he had slapped her. Infuriated past reason, she struck back at his ego. You're absolutely right! she blazed. That's what I should do.Beginning today I'm going to grow up and start practicing what you preach! I'm going to sleep with any man who appeals to me. But not with you. You're much too old and too cynical for my taste.Now get out of here!

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where.

Kliner. I touched my special place practically every night. It was the only way I could fall asleep and besides, it felt good.

I don't know where I stand in the world. I don't know who I am. That's why I read. To find myself. - Elizabeth, Age 13

PART ONE Dancing Queen 1977–1980

There's a difference between lonely and alone.

As soon as I got into bed I started touching myself. I have this special place and when I rub it I get a very nice feeling. I don't know what it's called

She said she didn't know it herself until that afternoon when her mother took her to the beauty parlor and had a private talk with Mr. Anthony. Then Mr. Anthony started clipping away and next thing she knew—she had this new haircut. She looked like an elf. It did a lot for her.

I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.

Boredom is just "What's the use?" in disguise. And "What's the use?" is fear, and fear means you are secretly in despair. So put your fears on the page. Put anything on the page. Put three pages of it on the page.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. MARGARET YOUNG

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.